Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/2] intel_iommu: Add support for translation for devices behind bridges

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 01:37:33PM +0200, Knut Omang wrote:
> On Tue, 2014-10-21 at 14:26 +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 01:15:14PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 21.10.14 11:35, Knut Omang wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2014-10-21 at 11:07 +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>> Am 21.10.2014 um 07:26 schrieb Knut Omang <knut.omang@oracle.com>:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> On Tue, 2014-10-21 at 01:29 +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>> Am 21.10.2014 um 00:34 schrieb Knut Omang <knut.omang@oracle.com>:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> This patch set changes the data structure used to handle address spaces within
> > > >>>>> the emulated Intel iommu to support traversal also if bus numbers are dynamically
> > > >>>>> allocated, as is the case for devices that sit behind root ports or downstream switches.
> > > >>>>> This means that we cannot use bus number as index, instead a QLIST is used.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> This requires a change in the API for setup of IOMMUs which is taken care of by 
> > > >>>>> the first patch. The second patch implements the fix.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Are you sure that this works on real hardware? How does that one
> > > >>>> communicate sub-bridge liodns to the iommu? How do they get indexed
> > > >>>> from software?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I do not claim to fully understand the details of how this is
> > > >>> implemented in hardware, but I believe the implementation I propose here
> > > >>> should be functionally equivalent to what the Intel IOMMU offers, and
> > > >>> similar to the original implementation here, except that the data
> > > >>> structure is valid also before enumeration when behind buses.
> > > >>
> > > >> Can you please give me a pointer to the vt-d spec's section that explains iommu behavior behind bridges?
> > > >>
> > > >> I've also added Alex W who has played with PCI bridges behind iommus quite a bit recently.
> > > >>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> After enumeration, the only difference would be that during
> > > >>> invalidation, there is a list search for the right bus rather than an
> > > >>> index lookup as before, slightly less efficient but at the benefit of
> > > >>> being independent of bus numbering during setup.
> > > >>
> > > >> I don't think the implementation is bad, I'm just not sure that it follows the spec, 
> > > >> so I want to confirm :).
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-specifications/vt-directed-io-spec.pdf
> > > 
> > > So if I understand that document correctly, a PCIe / PCI-X bridge can
> > > swizzle the requester id depending on a device behind itself. PCI
> > > bridges can not - there everything behind the bridge will appear as if
> > > the DMA originated from the bridge device.
> > > 
> > > So conceptually, PCIe / PCI-X bridges should probably be the ones
> > > converting requester IDs.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Alex
> > 
> > To avoid confusion, when you say PCIe / PCI-X you really mean
> > PCI-Express-to-PCI/PCI-X.
> > 
> > I think you got this right.
> > 
> > I'd like to add that regular PCIe to PCIe bridges just forward everything
> > without changes. This applies to root complex and downstream ports.
> 
> My test case for this patch set has been just the root port/downstream
> port case, where as you say the requester ID seen by the device in the
> root port is always the same as the one used/enumerated by the host.
> 
> Knut
> 

So pci/pci and pcie/pci cases are still TBD.
Again, if we can't make it in time for 2.2,
I'm fine with disallowing these configurations.

-- 
MST